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A. B. CLARKE.

MITT.

No. 317,511. Patented May 12, 1885.

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b4 ATTORNEY5' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ANNA B. CLARKE, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO A. G. JENNINGS & SONS,OF BROOKLYN, NEYV YORK.

MITT.

SPECIPICATIONforming part of Letters Patent No 317,511, dated May 12,1885.

Application filed October 14, 1884.

T all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANNA B. CLARKE, a resident of Chicago, in the countyof Cook and State of Illinois, have invented an Improvement in Mitts, ofwhich the following, is a full, clear, and exact description, referencebeing made to the accompanyingdrawings, in which- Figure 1 is aperspective view of my improved mitt. Fig. 2 is a diagram, showing theprinciple on which the mitt is constructed.

This invention has for its object to so construct fingerless mitts thatthe same cannot slide backward on the hand.

.15 The invention consists in providingsuch a mitt with one or morecross-bands, which are adapted to enter between the fingers, ashereinafter more fully described.

In the drawings, the letter A represents a mitt having no fingers. Mittsof this kind are liable to slip back on the hand, and to expose theknuckles and form wrinkles, all of which is objectionable. To preventthis I place across (No model.)

the open lower end of the mitt one or more bands or cords, a a, which,when the mitt is on the hand, enter between the fingers and prevent themitt from slipping back or up. In order to hide these bands or cords andmodify the abrupt termination of the mitt, it may frequently bedesirable to apply alace border, b, to the mitt, as shown. This laceborder by itself is not a novel ty, but, as combined with the bands orcords a, it renders their use more practical, because hiding them.

The bands or cords a should be of elastic 5 substance, such asilnlia-rubber.

. I claim A mitt having one or more'transvcrse elastie bands or cords,(1 across its lower end, and a border, b, for concealing the same,substan- 4o tially as and for the purpose specified.

ANNA B. CLARKE.

\Vitnesses:

EDWIN L. TIIURSTON, G120. B. Mann,

